Capt Sir
Iain
Mark
Tennant
KT FRSA DL
Born in North Berwick, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Brother of
Hugh Rinnes Duff Tennant [half]
Husband of
Margaret Helen Isla Marion (Ogilvy) Tennant
— married
11 Jul 1946 (to 25 Sep 2006) [location unknown]
Father of
[private daughter (1950s - unknown)]
Died
at age 87
in England
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Jun 2015
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Biography
Birth
Captain Sir Iain Mark Tennant was born in North Berwick on 11 March 1919. He was the son of Lt-Col John Edward Tennant and Georgina Helen Kirkpatrick.
Education
He was educated at Eton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Marriage
He married Lady Margaret Helen Isla Marion Ogilvy, daughter of Colonel David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Airlie and Lady Alexandra Marie Bridget Coke, on 11 July 1946 in Westminster. They had two sons and a daughter; one son died before his own death in 2006. One of his daughters, Emma, married Sir Jocelyn Stevens.
Military Service
He served in Egypt with the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards from 1940 to 1942, and was an intelligence officer with 201 Guards' Brigade. He was captured at the surrender of Tobruk and was a prisoner of war in Italy and Germany until 1945.
Titles
He gained the rank of Captain in the Scots Guard.
- He was appointed Knight, Order of the Thistle (K.T.) in 1986.
- He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)
- He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Morayshire between 1963 and 1994.
- Tennant was a Member of the Royal Company of Archers since 1950.
- Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1988 and 1989, and Crown Estate Commissioner for Scotland from 1970 to 1990.
- He also served on Moray and Nairn County Council from 1956 to 1964.
- He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Business Life
Tennant's business appointments include Chairman of Grampian Television from 1968 to 1989 (he was Vice-Chairman from 1960 to 1968), Director of Caledonian Associated Cinemas from 1950 to 1990; Director of Clydesdale Bank from 1969 to 1989; Director of Abbey National Building Society; and Honorary Director with Seagram Co Ltd; Chairman of Glenlivet and Glen Grant Distilleries Ltd; and was Chairman of the Board of Gordonstoun School from 1957 to 1972.
Death
He died on 25 September 2006 at age 87.
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